Being a good mother, "is not about specific mothering choices. Breast or bottle? That’s the
mother’s choice and nobody else’s business. Natural childbirth?
Irrelevant. Baby wearing [the practice of carrying your baby in a sling]? It depends on the baby and on the mother.
Extended breastfeeding? Meaningless in the long run."

She boils it down to basics. "The most critical ingredient of good mothering is love. A child who is
loved has the advantage over any other child, regardless of the specific
parenting choices his mother made."

It's something I noticed as well, after I graduated and began practicing in a private setting.

"When our residents rotate at a nearby community hospital, they often
comment on how nice the doctors are to each other, even thanking them
for consultations," Dr. Arora writes. "Of course, unlike the attendings in teaching
hospitals on fixed salary, physicians in the community hospital
actually make more money for each consultation."

Yes, there may be a financial incentive for doctors to be nice to each other. I wonder, as more doctors move from a fee for service to a fixed salary model, whether the professionalism will hold up in the future.

Or is the lack of professionalism simply unique to the culture of academic medicine?

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